Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister of Israel

The Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage is an occasional portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. It was first established under the government of Yitzhak Shamir on 27 November 1990, with Avraham Verdiger serving as deputy minister,[1] although Avner Shaki had served as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Jerusalem Affairs since 1988. However, the post was scrapped by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (who was also the portfolio holder) on 31 December 1992.

Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister of Israel
משרד ירושלים ומורשת‎
Agency overview
Formed1988
JurisdictionGovernment of Israel
Minister responsible

It was resurrected in 2001 in Ariel Sharon's government. In 2005 the role reverted to being the responsibility of a Minister without Portfolio. Between 2013 and 2015 it was combined with the Diaspora Affairs portfolio as the Minister of Diaspora as the Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs.

List of ministers
# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end Notes
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs
1Avner ShakiNational Religious Party2327 December 198811 June 1990
2Yitzhak ShamirLikud2427 November 199013 July 1992Serving Prime Minister
3Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2513 July 199231 December 1992Serving Prime Minister
4Eli SuissaShas297 March 200123 May 2002
–Eli SuissaShas293 June 200228 February 2003
5Natan SharanskyNot an MK303 March 20034 May 2005Had been elected to the Knesset on the Yisrael BaAliyah
6Haim RamonLabor Party3010 January 200523 November 2005
7Ya'akov EdriKadima314 May 20064 July 2007
Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs
8Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3318 March 201329 April 2013Serving Prime Minister
9Naftali BennettThe Jewish Home33, 3429 April 201319 May 2015
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage
10Ze'ev ElkinLikud341 June 201617 May 2020
11Rafi PeretzLikud3517 May 202013 June 2021
–Ze'ev ElkinNew Hope3613 June 202129 December 2022
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs
12Amihai EliyahuOtzma Yehudit3729 December 2022
13Meir PorushUnited Torah Judaism3723 January 2023

Deputy ministers
# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
1Avraham VerdigerAgudat Yisrael2427 November 199013 July 1992

References
  1. "Twelfth Knesset: Government 24". Knesset.gov.il. Israel.

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